If this happens, the nation needs to collectively march on Washington, DC, burn it to the ground, and spread salt over the ground.

According to the Politico, in super secret high-level, confidential talks, Harry Reid, John Boehner, the Obama administration, and other lawmakers are working to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare.

They want to rush it through, probably sneaking it through on some other legislation that no one cares about, and get it all done before anyone can say anything about it.

If the Republican Party leadership in Congress goes along with this ride, there will need to be a new third party that challenges both the GOP and Democrats.

Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obamas health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

The talks  which involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Obama administration and other top lawmakers  are extraordinarily sensitive, with both sides acutely aware of the potential for political fallout from giving carve-outs from the hugely controversial law to 535 lawmakers and thousands of their aides. Discussions have stretched out for months, sources said.

Credit where due, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) was willing to go on record saying, I think if this is going to be a disaster  which I think its going to be  we ought to enjoy it together with our constituents. Amen to that.

If Congress does this, there must be repercussions from the public. You know I dont think highly of congress critters, but I just cant imagine the GOP being stupid enough to do this. Yes, I recognize theyre the stupid party, but still.

“The problem stems from whether members and aides set to enter the exchanges would have their health insurance premiums subsidized by their employer  in this case, the federal government. If not, aides and lawmakers in both parties fear that staffers  especially low-paid junior aides  could be hit with thousands of dollars in new health care costs, prompting them to seek jobs elsewhere. Older, more senior staffers could also retire or jump to the private sector rather than face a big financial penalty.”

They can’t be worried about losing staffers to the private sector because the private sector isn’t hiring!!!! The real truth is that extra costs are going to hurt them just like everyone else.

Too many people in power consider themselves “outside the law”
and get away with it that there needs to be fear struck into their hearts, so they will follow the law.

Just look at this administration, they have gotten away with so much treasonous and illegal activity. That it is mind boggling, and no one is holding them accountable for their actions. As soon as fast and the furious happened, and has been covered up. Not one person has been sent to jail, impeached, or resigned over it. Guess what happened? Benghazi happened next. You have Hillary Clinton, basically telling Congress that it makes no difference that we didn’t send help (which was readily available) and 4 Americans died, and the survivors(37?) STILL HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM(NOT ONE WORD FROM A BENGHAZI SURVIVOR) which I personally find very very odd and unnerving.

Then Boston, so far we know there was a Saudi terrorist that was deported, and there are 1(maybe 2) Saudi’s in custody.

What next?

America needs to defend itself, and the government is NOT DOING IT’S JOB. It’s way way way past time for citizens like yourselves and I to take up the task of restoring justice, and order to the country we love.

That’s really all there is to it. These people must be stopped, at all costs. It may be too late. Who knows.

The problem stems from whether members and aides set to enter the exchanges would have their health insurance premiums subsidized by their employer  in this case, the federal government. If not, aides and lawmakers in both parties fear that staffers  especially low-paid junior aides  could be hit with thousands of dollars in new health care costs, prompting them to seek jobs elsewhere

The “Principles do not matter” and “Purists are the death of the party” crowd shouted down people committed to traditional conservatism and this is what happens.

Since principles do not matter, as many here were screamed at for months, you now have a party with all the checks off. They are free to agree show everyone the result of abandoning principle. How does it taste? How does the “principles don’t matter” crowd like living the result of that belief? How does the “purists are destroying the party” crowd justify the hypocrisy of bitching about a party that has become anything but purist?

And before anyone falls on the old say about all that being in the past and we have to come together now and other crap....no. You do not get a free pass. Because it is your collective fault we are in this mess to begin with and you can choke on it. The time to come together was before the barn door got kicked wide open. Well the horse is out. The whole herd is out. And you opened that door when you accepted and campaigned for ‘moderation’ in exchange for a ‘win’ you never got. But you got that moderation in spades. You got so much moderation the GOP is now indistinguishable from a hard left Democrat.

So before any talk about ‘coming together’ gets started, perhaps those of you now suddenly having a come to Jesus moment on the GOP should decide where your head and heart is really at. Because the rest of us are pretty fed up with the whole Charlie Brown/Lucy football schtick and don’t trust you any farther than we can throw you. And while you’re at it, repeat after me...

“Principles matter.”

If you can’t do that, even to yourselves, just finish what you started and register as a Democrat and make it official.

Well Norm I hope you feel better - but methinks you read only the headline, fell for it, and didn’t actually read the entire article. I don’t trust Boehner, and I’m no big fan of Richard Burr of NC, but what we find out in the article is a far different story than what we see in the header. This is still mostly a Democrat maneuver. In fact, what Burr said, who can be a squish sometimes, was very good.

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posted on 04/25/2013 3:37:21 AM PDT
by C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)

This is an old “conspiracy” which should have been brought out during the 2012 election cycle when the G.O.P.E.S. {government ofthe people elite snob(s})and RINOS decided not to play up this,the hidden taxes, and on and on about Obamacare.http://www.theusmat.com/

Nope, simply commenting that you probably fell victim to a headline from an organization whose main goal is to sew discord among conservatives - and clearly I was right. And clearly you are not reading very well today, since I explicity said I do NOT trust the idiots - and yet.....there you go again....

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posted on 04/25/2013 3:42:50 AM PDT
by C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)

They used to be covered by the FEHB ~ Federal Employee Health Benefit program which is 'sposed to be the very model for the 'Exchange' nonsense.

Then, they made themselves subject to the ObamaKKKare rules BUT, and it's an enormous BUT, GINORMOUS, DOUBLE GINORMOUS SUPER COLOSSAL BUT, even bigger than Michelle's ~ I didn't see where they'd been kicked out of FEHB!

Which means........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing changed and it's not likely to change, and this is a hoax ~ so, why doesn't somebody read the bill to see what is 'sposed to happen. Bet Max Baucus knows ~ which is why he is retiring ~ but is he moving to Costa Rica where he can get a doctor?

Or it’s a ruse to get people off the fact that the GOP keeps funding Obama’s cash and weapons donations to terrorist muslim countries? Or their great silence on the Boston terror issue re Admin involvement/coverup

markomalley (from the article)~:
“ Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obamas health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.”

Do you need any more evidence of an ‘elitist’ government ?
Good enough for you plebeians
Not good enough for us aristocrats !!

That may be true, but that’s another (though related) topic. My only point is here is that the Politico’s headline is very misleading. The quotes from the Republicans inside the article do not indicate they are going to go along with this. It’s worth watching for sure, and I have no confidence in them, especially Boehner, but I also know the source is worth being skeptical of.

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posted on 04/25/2013 4:26:31 AM PDT
by C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)

when writing Obamacare they forgot the detail. so they stated that they can add whatever they want with no vote. it is in the fine print on page 1699, just after the fine print - Obama has been declared supreme leader for the free world. and it includes Obama’s student loan indebtedness is exempt and there is a hidden clause All social security recipents whom have a college degree whom have unpaid student loans, (obama exempt because his disability - stupidity) will pay back the loans for the rest of their unnatural lives which is 5 - 10 years which ever comes first.

The government cannot take a right from you and give it to another. Part of the case, was New Orleans had set up a large area to slaughter farm animals. This gave the corporation the exclusive right to slaughter all farm animals in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard. And a land owner could not sell animals or produce from his private land.
This is a 5th and 14th Amendment and Article 1 section 10 VIOLATION.
No Title of Nobility shall be granted

The acts of the Legislature of the State of New York, granting to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton the exclusive navigation of all the waters within the jurisdiction of that, with boats moved by fire or steam, for a term of years.

The city fathers wanted to have one sign company to put up all of the signs in the City of Columbia, South Carolina. So this is another loss for the great leaders of our local government. They dont seem to realize our U. S. Constitution is for equality, and not a buddy system.

Another case of playing favorites. This one is about taxes. It seems that the state of Arkansas wanted to charge Mr. Medlock taxes on his cable television subscribers and not on newspapers and magazines. They all three entertain, give out news, do advertising so they should pay equal taxes. Newspapers and magazines could do good for elected officials.

Any senator or representative who is not actively speaking out against this idea is actually for it. So far I only hear Senator Burr — contrasted with a deafening silence from the Georgia delegation...

OK, I am now officially confused. I thought obamacare was approved as a tax form our wonderful SCOTUS. If that is the case, then why/how do you exempt yourself? Everyone who works pays income tax. Everyone is subjected to obamacare as a tax, so everyone should be subjected to it. If congress can exempt themselves from Obamatax then why don’t they just exempt themselves from income tax, property tax, sales tax etc?

Where and how do you start to take the Country back when you have people continually electing Boehner like representatives and 50+or- of the people electing a person like Obama to be their POTUSA. I am not giving up my God given rights as the Founders set out in the original Constitution but I am looking for the stating line and time for the great revival.

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